You don’t get to see big beautiful Celtic work much these days. As blackwork goes, it’s been almost entirely pushed out by neotribal, dotwork, and geometric tattoos. So it’s always a treat when you get to see it done right, like in this gorgeous backpiece (and then some — it’s basically a full-body tattoo) by Colin Dale. I know, maybe I’m pushing things classing it as Celtic in the traditional tattoo sense of the word, since it’s got much more of a Scandinavian or Viking sensibility about it, but it’s a beauty either way. I was even more pleased when I realized that Colin is a fellow Canadian, from Saskatoon, although now working at Skin and Bone in Copenhagen. Be sure to click and look at this stunner at full size.
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Huzzah! Saw this on Colin’s Facebook page earlier this week, and its fantastic to see it appear here too! Had a couple of pieces done by him, but if I could ever start my skin journey from scratch again with a blank canvas, my first move would be a full body piece by him. Check out his site peoples, amazing work!
Absolutely beautiful.
soooo gorgeous, can’t wait to get a knotwork piece of my own
Thanks for the plug Shannon 🙂 The piece just took 2nd place for Ornamental at the London Tattoo Convention last month.